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Micrococcus baeticae Matile-Ferrero & Williams, 2006 (Micrococcidae: Micrococcus)

Micrococcus baeticae Matile-Ferrero & Williams 2006: 125-128. Type data: SPAIN: Malaga, Antequera, Fuente de la Hiedra, Sierra de Las Cabras, by Berlese funnel, 7/27/2005, by M. Baena. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

Countries: 1

Systematics: This new species has many pores in transverse rows on the underside of the abdominal segments, which differentiates it from the other known species of Micrococcus. Micrococcus baeticae resembles M. confusus Miller & Williams, described from Morocco and Algeria in possessing a similar distribution of parastigmatic pores on the later margins of the thorax. It differs in possessing similar pores across the ventral abdominal segments and this charcter also separates M. baeticae from all other species so far described.
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Matile-Ferrero & Williams, 2006.

MatileWi2006: description, distribution, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 125-128